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It’s Never Boring At Avenger’s Tower…

Once upon a boring day, when Thor was on Asgard and Banner was out shopping (that‘s a story for another time)…

Something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong.

Steve frowned as he stared down at his shield. There was something off with the weight. He readjusted it on his arm. Yep, something was definitely off. He pulled the shield off of his arm and gripped both sides tightly. A second later, he split the shield in half with a resounding crack.

There were only two people who could’ve snuck into the room to replace the shield while he was absorbed in the baseball game, and there was only one person who would have the expertise to make such a realistic replica. “Clint! Natasha! Stark!”

Natasha poked her head in the doorway. “Steve, what’s – whoa! What happened to your shield?” The look of surprise and shock on her face was enough to almost convince him that she wasn’t to blame, but best not to rule her out too soon.

Clint came in another door, his jaw dropping. “In a destructive mood? Let me guess, the Dodgers lost.” But there was a little gleeful twinkle in his eye that assured Steve that this was the culprit.

“Tony!” Steve yelled again.

The billionaire poked his head around the doorway. “Nice job,” he grumbled to Clint. Natasha leaned on the other door frame, a grin spreading across her face.

Steve nodded solemnly. “You’re lucky we didn’t have an emergency or anything.” He kicked one half of the broken pseudo-shield and it slid across the floor towards the pair. A quirky smile came onto his lips. “This isn’t over.”

Clint grimaced. “Uh-oh, I don’t think I like that look he had on his face.”

Stark grinned and picked up the shield piece. “Ah, what harm can he do? He’s just an old guy. I’ll bet there weren’t even pranks in his day and age.”

Natasha smiled. “He may just surprise you.”

—

Tony walked into his lab, humming. He was working on a surprise for Pepper – the vacation cruise she so desperately was longing for – and that had put him in a good mood.

JARVIS’s voice interrupted his thoughts. “Sir, I finished the modifications to the Mark V.”

Tony frowned. “What modifications? I didn’t order any modifications.” Why was he getting a bad feeling about this? He hurried over to his suit area and stopped dead in his tracks, horror crossing his face. The Mark V was now pink. Bright pink. Who – who would have done this? There was only one possible answer. “Did Steve do this?” Tony yelled at his AI.

The AI gave an uncharacteristic chuckle. “You should see your face, sir.”

“It was him, wasn’t it?”

“I’m not at liberty to say, sir.”

Tony stomped to the other side of the room. “Now JARVIS is keeping secrets. Perfect.” He left and stomped down the hallway. “Steve!”

—

Clint stood in his room in his plain white t-shirt and shorts. Natasha always teased him about never cleaning his outfit. What she didn’t know was that he actually regularly cleaned his outfit. He had two, so when he was washing one, he would wear the other. “Girls,” he growled as he slid open his drawer. He stopped, his jaw hanging open.

“Pink?” he squeaked, his eyes growing wide. His hands were gripping the drawer as if it was the only thing keeping him on the ground. “It’s pink!” he yelled.

Steve.

“Steve!”

—

When Natasha saw Tony run by, his face inflamed, she set down her book (in spite of it just coming to a very tense moment) and thought she might as well follow. It would be interesting to see what happened. She could only assume Steve had exacted his revenge. As she stepped into the hallway, she was nearly bowled over by Clint, who yelled something unintelligible as he hurried on. Natasha hoped it was an apology, otherwise… Ah, well, she had enough satisfaction seeing him running around in shorts in a t-shirt. Since when did he do that? She had a feeling this was going to be good.

She hurried down the hallway and found them facing Steve in the kitchen. She smiled. Steve was attempting to look innocent while helping Pepper put away a few groceries and trying not to laugh. Innocence and laughter don’t go too well together.

“I’m not sure I’d agree,” Natasha said under her breath, earning her a glare from Clint. She grinned.

Steve smiled. “It’s okay, guys. Tony, the paint is washable. I already gave JARVIS instructions on how to wash it off, and he’s probably doing it right now. And, if that really was your favorite, in my defense, I just asked JARVIS to do one, I didn’t specify which. Clint, I already got you another vest.”

The two glowered at him. “This isn’t over yet, Rogers,” Tony growled and the two of them hurried out. Natasha moved into the kitchen and started helping Steve and Pepper.

“Feel like you need an accomplice yet?” Natasha stuffed the cereal into one of the cabinets.

Steve smiled. “You just want in on the fun, without being a target. Clint hasn’t even seen his new bow and quiver yet. They were on clearance.”

I need to think of more pranks, too. I’m trying to think of a funny reason for Banner to be out shopping while all of this was happening. Because Banner, shopping? 😀 I’m also typing up an Avengers-at-an-amusement-park-gone-wrong fanfic. 😛 Which turned from humorous to feeeels pretty quickly.

PEPPER WOULD OWN EVERYONE EXCEPT NATASHA AND THEY’D BE THE AWESOME GIRLS WHO TERRIFY EVERYONE ELSE AND ARE AMAZING AND COOL! 😛
Yup, headcanons of a prank war. 😛
And… Hawkeye vs. Cap in a showdown of accuracy… as in, at the firing range… who would win? Probably Hawkeye. 😛 But Cap would be a close second.

Hawkeye. And then Natasha, and after that Cap. Because Banner couldn’t hit a target, and then he’d get mad, and we all know what would happen… Tony would just utterly destroy the target… and Thor… Let’s not even talk about Thor….

😛 Working away at it, bit by bit. Wow, my Tony characterization has suffered recently… 0_0 and Steve’s dialogue is sort of challenging to write, but fun… Pepper just talks a lot like me, only she gets more hysterical sometimes. 😛

Natasha would definitely be the ultimate prankster. 😀 And Tony would do really elaborate stuff that would occasionally have a tendency to backfire on him.
Hawkeye would definitely win. There’s a reason for his name, after all.

I KNOW!!! Pepperony is probably my OTP. Though I don’t write it except as background… Never mind. 😛 Anyway, yeah. CLINTASHA FOREVAR!!! (Though Steve and Natasha doing brother/sister stuff is really sweet–she treats him like her idiotic little brother and he is just okay with it all ;-D )

Yeah. Steve being there for everyone is just so sweet!!! 😀 Until they figure out something that’s canon, I don’t technically ship Steve with anyone, except for Peggy, because it’s also one of the most adorable ships ever. (He’s partly scared of her, that’s why it’s so cute. :-3 )

Gaaaaah! Stop breaking my heart… I want it to be TRUE…. Pirate Day for Supervillains. Gah, stupid plot bunnies! And Rhodey and Cap and Horatio have this ongoing rivalry thing… it’s Army vs. Navy vs. Air Force, I think. *sigh*

*cries* I know “The Winter Soldier” is going to break my heart but I’m dying to watch it anyway… I’m addicted. Because Steve is awesome. (Also, I’m writing a fic about the Howling Commandos. I am trying to study up on background information to make it as accurate as possible. I think the most awesome thing about being a writer is being able to get out of your own head and into someone else’s. Oh, and who else thinks Bucky would be playing pranks on Steve, etc. all the time, and there would be minor pranks all over the place?)

X-D Steve found a fake “Merida bow” at Walmart, didn’t he. X-D And of COURSE Steve knows how to prank! Bucky probably drove him wild when they were with the Howling Commandos. X-D
SEQUEL! PLEASE! *hugs your ankle and looks at you with soulful eyes*

*grins evilly* Let’s do something else equally dastardly. I know! We can get Steve to help us double-encrypt Tony’s computer files in Enigma code!!! (Because my headcanon is that Steve was an SSR codebreaker as well as a strategist.)

Or, because I’m sure he’s gotten used to Photoshop already, he’ll edit a picture of Tony in some hilarious way… Steve’s just too nice when pranking. Nothing too permanent, something they can all laugh at later. 😛

Like… ummm… editing Natasha’s hair onto Tony or something? “The Many Hairstyles of Tony Stark.” 😛 (And yeah, he would have… he is an artist after all!)
Same here… I tend to think about consequences. (Hee, I just had a hilarious idea to prank someone! X-D) Maybe that’s why I empathize so much with Steve?

Really? Nope, I’m not looking villain-like like that 😛
Yup. It’s kind of a fun challenge, writing characters with this and that heritage, too–it’s always there, sort of in their background makeup, but it affects them in different ways, pulling them in different ways so that there CAN be NO stereotypes, due to their differing backgrounds and attitudes. Also, their focus is not on “heritage” but their day-to-day lives, the rationalization being that while “heritage” is an abstract, the way people really are and how the idea of heritage really affects them isn’t. (Sorry, that was complex.)
Oh, that reminds me. The name I was mentioning before is actually Mom’s maiden name. My last name is actually immigrant-modified-German. Like almost everyone else in this state, I have German heritage as well. 😛 Also probably some Cherokee, all around the British Isles, French, but primarily Irish. 😉 It gets complex, and being American is important, mostly because it’s not a cultural identity but a SET OF VALUES that makes you American!!!

Actually, I believe it was a Hello Kitty one, because Natasha was asking Clint to wear his new pink vest and matching bow so that she could take a picture…
I won’t be able to resist puppy dog eyes for long… so yes, I shall make a sequel. After I finish typing up the amusement park one. 😉 I’ll pbb be posting that in a couple minutes.

Oh dear X-D That’s the funniest!
And you haven’t even seen Steve’s pleading look yet… well, been subjected to it, more like. I learned to imitate it and actually convinced Iron Man to give me a piggy back ride. 😛
Great! I can’t wait to read it!!!

From “Colorblind.” Connor Rawleigh. The kid with amnesia, who Fury tried to recruit (in the mind palace, that is) but who’s really working on a special task force to protect kids who are born with similar abilities to him. (Connor’s superpower is being able to see in ultraviolet light, which isn’t that handy in a fight, more so in detective work, but he’s still awesome.)